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With the exception of possibly the book of Job, it could be that there was no Scripture before Moses. If there was the book of Job before Moses, that would have been the only Scripture in existence (if such were the case). But even the book of Job was not like the five Books of Moses (Which was a lot of Scripture). From that point on after Moses, lots more Scripture had come, as well. But does that mean that just because there may have been a time where no Scripture existed that it regulates the Bible that we have today as not being as important? No. Noah was told to build an Ark. But are we Christians told to build an Ark? No. Those instructions were for Noah. So we have to understand what our instructions are and take them seriously. But it is pretty amazing that God has moved with the times. Most people really did not have a full and complete Bible to own in their home in the late 1400’s.
A hand-written copy of the Bible would have cost the equivalent of thousands of dollars in the 15th century (late 1400’s). A printed Bible during the Reformation (1500’s), on the other hand, cost two or three weeks’ wages for a skilled worker. Thus, the middle class in the Reformation had, for the first time in history, the opportunity to own, and thus to read, a personal Bible.
For hundreds of years before the time of Reformation with the spread of Bibles going out, believers most likely would have to accept whatever copied scrolls they could get their hands on and I doubt all believers had the entire collection of what we have with the Holy Bible. So the Bible was not something one could be intimately owned for all before the Reformation. While I am not a Reformer who adheres to Martin Luther, or John Calvin, I do recognize that the Bible came out of their time and had an impact on many people in a positive way (Despite the Reformers). For God’s Word in a new way like never before was going out to the people or the common and it would forever change the face of history.
Many died for their faith by standing by what little fragments of God’s Word that they had.
The ultimate climax of the printing revolution is that today anyone can read the Bible in almost any language, essentially for free because of digital reproduction. So we take for granted the Word of God. It’s on our phones, tablets, computers, Echo dots, etc.; But do people cherish the Word of God like they did back then? I see many today just want to pick what parts of the Bible they like and discard the rest. I see many today say we really do not need to make the Bible our one and only final Word of authority on matters of the faith. Many have died for the book that is God’s Holy Word. But do many of us care to read it or study it? Do we care to truly make God known to us by His Word?
The Holy Bible is God’s instructions for us today.
We need to heed the Word as it exists today.
For God wants us to draw close to Him by His Word (i.e. the Holy Bible - >
Which is an amazing work of God).
Source used for two short paragraphs in this post:
How reading the Bible changed in the early 16th century during the Reformation
A hand-written copy of the Bible would have cost the equivalent of thousands of dollars in the 15th century (late 1400’s). A printed Bible during the Reformation (1500’s), on the other hand, cost two or three weeks’ wages for a skilled worker. Thus, the middle class in the Reformation had, for the first time in history, the opportunity to own, and thus to read, a personal Bible.
For hundreds of years before the time of Reformation with the spread of Bibles going out, believers most likely would have to accept whatever copied scrolls they could get their hands on and I doubt all believers had the entire collection of what we have with the Holy Bible. So the Bible was not something one could be intimately owned for all before the Reformation. While I am not a Reformer who adheres to Martin Luther, or John Calvin, I do recognize that the Bible came out of their time and had an impact on many people in a positive way (Despite the Reformers). For God’s Word in a new way like never before was going out to the people or the common and it would forever change the face of history.
Many died for their faith by standing by what little fragments of God’s Word that they had.
The ultimate climax of the printing revolution is that today anyone can read the Bible in almost any language, essentially for free because of digital reproduction. So we take for granted the Word of God. It’s on our phones, tablets, computers, Echo dots, etc.; But do people cherish the Word of God like they did back then? I see many today just want to pick what parts of the Bible they like and discard the rest. I see many today say we really do not need to make the Bible our one and only final Word of authority on matters of the faith. Many have died for the book that is God’s Holy Word. But do many of us care to read it or study it? Do we care to truly make God known to us by His Word?
The Holy Bible is God’s instructions for us today.
We need to heed the Word as it exists today.
For God wants us to draw close to Him by His Word (i.e. the Holy Bible - >
Which is an amazing work of God).
Source used for two short paragraphs in this post:
How reading the Bible changed in the early 16th century during the Reformation
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